Publication

Title

Burkina Faso country fact sheet on food and agriculture policy trends

Author

Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA)

Publication date

27/05/2014

Abstract

Burkina Faso has succeeded in achieving the Maputo Declaration target by allocating at least 10 percent of the national budget to agriculture almost every year since 2003. Most of these expenditures have been allocated to support the production of cotton, one of the country’s main exports, through input subsidies and minimum prices to producers. However, a large portion of the country’s agricultural investments as well as social safety net programmes remain heavily dependent on donor funding.